Historical Events In May - 24
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1895 On this day in history playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison
1895 On May - 24 henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight
1895 H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI) on May - 24.
1895 Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1898 On May - 24 kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando)
1899 The first auto repair shop opens in Boston on this day in history.
1899 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) on May - 24.
1899 On May - 24 suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)
1900 Australians cross Vaal River in South Africa on May - 24.
1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State on this day in history.
1900 On this day in history 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼
1901 On this day in history seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
1902 Empire Day first celebrated in Britain on May - 24.
1902 On this day in history empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain
1903 Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth) on this day in history.
1904 George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It) on May - 24.
1905 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 on this day in history.
1905 On May - 24 mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)
1906 Edmund Sargant, solicitor on this day in history.
1908 Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election on May - 24.
1908 On May - 24 kresimir Fribec, composer
1909 On May - 24 bristol University granted Royal Charter
1909 On May - 24 guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)
1910 Margers Zarins, composer on May - 24.
1912 On May - 24 joan Hammond, British operatic soprano
1913 Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936) on this day in history.
1914 Clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt) on May - 24.
1915 Enemy Contracts Annulment Act on May - 24.
1915 On this day in history formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried
1915 On this day in history italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
1915 Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations on this day in history.
1916 On this day in history conscription begins in Britain
1916 French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured on May - 24.
1916 On this day in history last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname
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